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With Major League Baseball’s regular season winding down, baseball fans in Pittsburgh are expressing confusion about advertisements in the area encouraging them to watch the postseason and to see the Pirates play into October.

SEATTLE WA – Seattle Mariners’ mascot Mariner Moose shocked the sports world at a Wednesday press conference by coming out of the closest as the first openly gay mascot in professional sports. The announcement comes just weeks after the NHL launched the “You Can Play” campaign, which put the question of acceptance of gay teammates among athletes into the public dialogue.

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Just two games into the 2013 Major League Baseball season, Kansas City Royals fans have already given up on their team’s chances of success for the season. All hope of baseball success for Kansas City was officially lost in the bottom of the fourth inning of Wednesday’s game at the Chicago White Sox, when Chicago’s Dayan Viciedo deposited a two run homerun into the left field bullpen.

Today we wrap up our final edition of Hilaritan’s 2013 Major League Baseball Preview. For the last few days, we’ve taken a look at every division and looked at each team’s biggest offseason move and what each club will have to do to have a chance at the World Series. We conclude our season preview by taking a look at the AL West.

Today we head back into our preview of the upcoming 2013 Major League Baseball Season. Every day we’ll spotlight a different division and tell you what to look for from each team, and what the keys will be for each team to have a chance at the World Series. Today, we continue our coverage with the AL Central.

Today we continue our preview of the upcoming 2013 Major League Baseball season. Every day we’ll spotlight a different division and tell you what to look for from each team, and what the keys will be for each team to have a chance at the World Series. Today, we continue our coverage with the NL West.

Today we continue our preview of the upcoming 2013 Major League Baseball season. Every day we’ll spotlight a different division and tell you what to look for from each team, and what the keys will be for each team to have a chance at the World Series. Today, we continue our coverage with the NL Central.

In an effort to combat fan drowsiness and overall disinterest in the sport, Major League Baseball and Nintendo have engaged in preliminary negotiations to implement three inning games. This new format would allow fans to enjoy the maximum amount of baseball without fear of nodding off throughout a majority of the game. Surveys conducted by MLB researchers have yielded that 83% of fans find the games to be “extremely boring,” while 12% categorize their baseball viewing experience as “a natural sedative.” Additionally, 5% of survey-takers simply stated “baseball sucks.”